St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-09
SALTWATER NEWS.

Capt. Swan Dahlberg, of Marine, left yes
terday for Davenport. Ia. accompanied by
his family, at which place they will hereafter
reside.
For seven days from April l 2,137 pounds
OF mail matter was received at the postoffce
i'll this city and L, 677 pounds dispatched. The
weighing will be continued until the thirty
days for which it is ordered expire.
The death of H. b. Kennedy, of Lakeland,
well-known lumberman, formerly con-
nected with the G. n. Nelson Lumber COM
pany, Is reported as having occurred at Bay
field, Wis. on Thursday. He leaves wife
and one child
Theo Van Tassel and Ida B. Van Tassel
were quietly married at the residence of the
Congregational minister in this city on
Thursday evening. The friends of both par
ties are congratulating Their on the happy
outcome OF their former difficulties and mis-
understanding, aud trust that this, their Sec
ond reunion, MAY be severed only by death.
B. j. Hinkle, one of the active superin-
tendents OF the Observation-Disclosures Lum-
Der company, returned yesterday from their
camps at Eau Claire lake, near Drummond,
Wis. He reports loot of snow still lying in
the woods, and thinks the logs are all going
to come easy enough if we have the usual
amount of spring rain.
A man giving his name as j. Ryan hired a
team at the stable of H. c. Tanner in this city
on Monday to go to Centerville, agreeing to
return on Wednesday. Not returning he was
followed, and the team found in a stable at
the place named and returned to this city.
Ryan, who claims to be an old soldier, took
the cars at Centerville for Hinckley, and has
not been seen since. 1t is supposed he in
tended to make off with the team. but. find
| ing the roads too heavy, abandoned them.
| The steamer Cleon. from Osceola, arrived
| at her dock at s a. m. yesterday, the first
| boat of the season, and after discharging her
| freight returned at p. NJ, taking up light
| load She left Osceola. her winter quarters,
on Thursday, but was stopped at Marine
| that evening by ice. finishing her run to this
| city yesterday morning. The river is now
clear of ice above the bridge, but it still hangs
| firm and solid in the lake below and old river
| men give it ten days or two weeks under
| present circumstances to move out. Ihe
| Cleon will run between St. Paul and Taylor S
| Falls the coming season. and a new boat, the
| Gazette, will run between Saltwater and
| Taylor's Falls. The new steamer being
! built by George B. Swaine at this city, is hav-
| ing her cabin put on and will be ready in 9
| few days to receive her boilers. She is being
| built as helper to pilot RATS over the Rock
| Island rapids. The boat being built at Bay
! town by George NJ uller and the one being
built at the same place by Durant & Wheeler,
are both progressing finely and will be ready
for the seasons trade. The Matt Clark S
| Transportation fleet have all been placed in q
| thorough state of repair and will be ready
| for the first raft out of the boom. Altogether
the raft boats will be prepared to handle the
! 300, 000, 600 or over of new and old logs which
are now in the St. CroiX, and which will al
come out with favorable stage of water.